Title: The name of the USA Ambassador's residence in Pretoria always makes me smile... Post by: Trevor on October 01, 2008, 07:28:14 AM :teddyr:
Everyone knows the eerie Robert Wise film The Haunting (1963) with Richard Johnson and Julie Harris ~ the evil, brooding palace known as Hill House both in the film and in the Shirley Jackson book. That is a really creepy film indeed. :buggedout: :buggedout: Well, the American ambassador's residence is quite near my house ~ a few blocks up the road in fact ~ and I noticed for the first time the other day as I had to walk to the shops that this beautiful house is called....wait for it.... Hill House! Yikes! :buggedout: :buggedout: Title: Re: The name of the USA Ambassador's residence in Pretoria always makes me smile... Post by: Dennis on October 02, 2008, 07:59:48 PM Then its doors must always be sensibly closed, so how do people get in to conduct diplomatic business?
Title: Re: The name of the USA Ambassador's residence in Pretoria always makes me smile... Post by: RCMerchant on October 02, 2008, 08:08:06 PM Then its doors must always be sensibly closed, so how do people get in to conduct diplomatic business? :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle:...no one can hear him scream...alone...in the dark! Title: Re: The name of the USA Ambassador's residence in Pretoria always makes me smile... Post by: Rev. Powell on October 02, 2008, 08:38:10 PM I guess the ambassador thought "Hill House" sounded more inviting than "The House that Dripped Blood."
By the way, welcome back from vacation, Trevor! Title: Re: The name of the USA Ambassador's residence in Pretoria always makes me smile... Post by: Allhallowsday on October 02, 2008, 09:01:47 PM Whatever walks there, walks alone.
Title: Re: The name of the USA Ambassador's residence in Pretoria always makes me smile Post by: Trevor on October 05, 2008, 05:56:40 AM Then its doors must always be sensibly closed, so how do people get in to conduct diplomatic business? :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle:...no one can hear him scream...alone...in the dark! :teddyr: :teddyr: Title: Re: The name of the USA Ambassador's residence in Pretoria always makes me smile... Post by: Trevor on October 05, 2008, 05:57:58 AM Whatever walks there, walks alone. :teddyr: :teddyr: The residence is at 357 Victoria Street, Pretoria East, by the way: I forgot to mention that. Title: Re: The name of the USA Ambassador's residence in Pretoria always makes me smile Post by: Trevor on October 05, 2008, 06:00:55 AM Then its doors must always be sensibly closed, so how do people get in to conduct diplomatic business? I once almost got arrested for loitering outside the residence: all I was doing was resting my feet outside after a 5 mile walk and was told by the guard to take a hike. :bluesad: Title: Re: The name of the USA Ambassador's residence in Pretoria always makes me smile Post by: Derf on October 05, 2008, 08:39:23 AM I once almost got arrested for loitering outside the residence: all I was doing was resting my feet outside after a 5 mile walk and was told by the guard to take a hike. :bluesad: You should have told him you just did; that's why you were sitting there. :tongueout: I'm sure that would have amused him to no end. Title: Re: The name of the USA Ambassador's residence in Pretoria always makes me smile Post by: Trevor on October 06, 2008, 01:12:15 AM I once almost got arrested for loitering outside the residence: all I was doing was resting my feet outside after a 5 mile walk and was told by the guard to take a hike. :bluesad: You should have told him you just did; that's why you were sitting there. :tongueout: I'm sure that would have amused him to no end. :bouncegiggle: :teddyr: :teddyr: Title: Re: The name of the USA Ambassador's residence in Pretoria always makes me smile... Post by: Trevor on December 11, 2008, 01:37:38 AM I guess the ambassador thought "Hill House" sounded more inviting than "The House that Dripped Blood." By the way, welcome back from vacation, Trevor! :teddyr: :bouncegiggle: :smile: |